词汇 | sure |
词源 | sure [ME] This is from Old French sur, from Latin securus ‘free from care’. The same Latin word gives us security [LME], the legal surety [ME], and insecure [M17th] ‘not free from care’, as well as assure [LME]. See curate. |
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